Cory Michael Smith portrays the sketch show’s alum in the 2024 film about its 1975 premiere.
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Everyone’s a critic especiallySaturday Night LivelegendChevy Chase.
“I have an example for you… sony pictures
Spade and Carvey immediately broke out into laughter.
Chevy Chase.Credit:Gerardo Mora/Getty
“What anexactChevy thing,” Spade said.
“You could’t even write it better.”
Carvey suggested that Chase was intentionally trying to make Reitman uncomfortable.
Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase in ‘Saturday Night’.sony pictures
Reitman replied that, for the most part, he took the criticism in stride.
And from a comedy point of view that’s really pure, and that’s kind of cool.
And no, none of that shit played.
Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, Kaia Gerber as Jacqueline Carlin, and Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase in ‘Saturday Night’.Sony
He’s not talking about that stuff.”
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“You interview the original person.
And then they watch the movie and they just can’t figure it out.
Like, there’s just silence after.”
He added, “They’re just freaked out by it.
They’re freaked out by watching themselves.
It’s emotional.”
I think for Garrett…Lamorne [Morris]did an extraordinary job as him."
AnotherSNLalum who wasn’t afraid to share his opinion?Dan Aykroyd, portrayed byDylan O’Brienin the movie.
“Cracking a head to applaud Jason Reitman’s triumphantSNLfilm.
Wow!, Aykroydwrote on social media in October.
A perfect window into the creative process at its highest level.”
